compass roofs
Identification code: 300002194
Hierarchy classification:
- top of the aat hierarchies
- Objects Facet
- Components (hierarchy name)
- components (objects parts)
- [components by specific context]
- architectural elements
- [structural elements and components for structural elements]
- structural elements
- enclosing structural elements
- [roofs and roof components]
- roofs
- [roofs by form]
- [roofs by form: interior shape]
Alternative term/s
- compass roof
- compass-headed roofs
- cradle roofs
- roofs, compass
- roofs, compass-headed
- roofs, cradle
Anotations
Scope note:
Timber roofs in which rafters, collar beams, and braces combine to suggest an arch; most common in Medieval architecture.
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